Question: What is a novel? Answer: Novel is a modern form of literature born from print, a mechanical invention. Question: What are major differences between a novel and a manuscript? Answer: Novel is born from print whereas manuscript is handwritten. Manuscripts were difficult to prepare and there were only few …
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Power Sharing: 10 CBSE Political Science
Question: What is the percentage of ethic composition of Brussels? Answer: In the capital city Brussels, 80% people speak French while 20% are dutch-speaking. Question: What do you understand by Power Sharing? Answer: Power sharing is the distribution of power, subjects among the organs of government. It is an intelligent …
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Unseen Comprehension Passages Set III – [01] Read the following passage carefully: Two Great Personalities, Two Follies Jawaharlal Nehru: As a boy, Jawaharlal Nehru once stole one of his father’s pens from his study thinking that his father had two pens and he could not possibly use both of them …
Read More »NCERT 9th Class (CBSE) Social Science: Clothing: A Social History
Question: What does the change in styles of clothing linked with? Answer: Changes in styles of clothing are thus linked up with shifts in cultural tastes and notions of beauty, with changes within the economy and society, and with issues of social and political conflict. Question: What were Sumptuary Laws? …
Read More »NCERT 9th Class (CBSE) Social Science: Constitutional Design
Question: Here are some false statements. Identify the mistake in each case and rewrite these correctly based on what you have read in this chapter. 1. Leaders of the freedom movement had an open mind about whether the country should be democratic or not after independence. 2. Members of the …
Read More »NCERT 9th Class (CBSE) Social Science: Peasants and Farmers
Question: Who was Captain Swing? Answer: It was a mythic name used by the poor laborers to threaten the rich landlords who were replacing workers for machines. Question: What was common land? Answer: It was the land to which all villagers had an access. Question: “For the poor, the common land was …
Read More »NCERT 9th Class (CBSE) Social Science: Democracy in the Contemporary World
Question: What is veto power? Answer: The power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature. The exercise of this right. …
Read More »NCERT 9th Class (CBSE) Social Science: Nazism and the Rise of Hitler
Question: Name the original name of the Nazi party. Answer: The original name of the Nazi party was the Nationalist Socialist German Workers’ Party, which was later renamed as the Nazi party. Question: Explain the purpose of the Enabling Act passed on 3rd March, 1933. Answer: This Act established dictatorship …
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NCERT 9th Class (CBSE) Social Science: Forest Society and Colonialism – Quiz 28 Multiple Choice Questions related to NCERT 9th Class (CBSE) Social Science: Forest Society and Colonialism – Quiz: Dietrich brandies was a German expert and the inspector General of forests in India who was united by the British …
Read More »NCERT 9th Class (CBSE) Social Science: Pastoralists in the Modern World
Question: Who are nomads? Answer: Nomads are people who do not live in one place, but move from one area to another to earn their living. Question: What is Kafila? Answer: Kafila means a group of people. Several households of nomadic people move together for their journy and this group …
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